Higher Education Grantsfor the Disabled

The Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) is available to those, in Higher Education (undergraduate or postgraduate), who have a disability, on-going health condition, sensory impairment, mental-health condition or specific learning difficulty.

The payments, which are given on the basis of need rather than income, are designed to cover the extra costs of having such impairments.

The DSA is given in addition to other student finance and does not have to be repaid.

To qualify, you must also...

Have qualified for student finance in the UK

Be on a course that lasts longer than a year

Not be receiving equivalent support from another funding source – e.g. from your university or a social work bursary.

Not be eligible for the NHS Students Allowance (given to those on a course funded by the NHS)

The areas are covered by the DSA are:

Specialist Equipment

Non-medical assistance

Specialist Tuition

General Expenditure (E.g. extra photocopying)

Travel Costs

Students will require proof of eligibility depending on the type of condition which may be a report from a suitably qualified Health Care Professional.

The
Snowdon Trust gives grants to students who are physically disabled and/or have
a sensory impairment.

Applicants
must be in higher or further education and/or be in training for employment.

Their
aim is that ‘everyone must have the opportunity to achieve their full
potential'.

To
do this they offer grants for all for those extra costs of having disability
can bring, that can put barriers in way for someone in education. You can get
help with funding for:

Human Help - sign language, interpreters and note takers

Computer Equipment

Adapted or additional accommodation

Travel Costs

Mobility Equipment

Other costs which relate solely to disability

The Trust will only fund items and support that are not provided by statutory funding.

Grants
that have between given are between £250 to £3,000. The panel that make the decision are made up of both disabled
and non-disabled people who have a wide knowledge of different types of
disabilities

The deadline for grants is 31st May and 31st August each year. Funding will be allocated in July and October.